Overview of the 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari & Genocide tour – A perfect short Rwanda tour to track gorillas and tour the Gisozi genocide memorial

3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari & Genocide tour in Rwanda does not only offer you remarkable memories with the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas but also presents a magical historical tour to one of the historical genocide sites in Rwanda – the Kigali / Gisozi genocide memorial. The 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari starts and ends in Kigali Rwanda. Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda is conducted at Volcanoes National Park 116km about 2 – 3 hours’ drive from Kigali and the park is a habitat to a range of flora including the mountain flora on Mount Bisoke, Mount Karisimbi, Sabyinyo, Muhabura and Gahinga, magical fauna including the mountain gorillas, the golden monkeys, duikers and buffaloes along with a range of birds. The Volcanoes National Park is part of the Virunga massif that apparently shelters 480 out of the 880 mountain gorillas apparently thriving in the wild. The historical tour to the genocide site presents an opportunity to explore what exactly transpired in Rwanda during the genocide time in 1994 learning in detail its cause and effect. It is a magical safari worth exploring.

Day 1 of the 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari & Genocide tour: Arrive at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda and transfer to Volcanoes National Park in Ruhengeri

Board a flight from your respective country of origin and arrive at the Rwanda’s main gateway – the Kigali International Airport where you will be welcomed courteously by the guide giving you briefing about Rwanda and the safari in particular. You embark on the transfer to Volcanoes National Park 116km about 2 – 3 hours’ driving through impressive hills of Rwanda that have earned her the naming as the land of a thousand hills making stops at ideal spots for sightseeing and photography. You continue to arrive in Volcanoes National Park for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 2 of the 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari & Genocide tour: Undertake gorilla trekking & relax at the lodge

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Embark on the gorilla trekking encounter after breakfast at your lodge by connecting to the park headquarters at Kinigi to catch up with briefing by park officials at 8am and after enter into the jungle to search for the shy mountain endangered gorillas in Rwanda. Requirements like firm walking shoes, hut, insect repellent, sun screen, rain gears, packed lunch and bottled water are a must plus other tools that one may need once in the tropical rain forest. The gorilla trekking experience in Volcanoes is beyond gorilla alone. The sights of the Volcanic Mountains that stretch from Congo through Rwanda to Uganda, the verdant green vegetation that shelter their slopes, the counts of birds along with fauna like duikers and buffaloes combine to generate lasting safari memories. The gorilla trekking activity tends to last from 2 to 8 hours or more depending on the day’s gorilla movement. The one hour of direct encounter with the gorillas brings you closer to these ancient apes, look into their eyes, their gigantic structure that makes them most powerful of all apes and see them forage and play before retreating to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 3 of the 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari & Genocide tour: Transfer back to Kigali, visit the Gisozi genocide memorial & depart

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After breakfast, embark on the transfer to Kigali City driving through the impressive scenic hillsides with beautiful rural settlements before covering 116km about 2 – 3 hours’ drive to arrive in Kigali City. Upon arrival, you embark on the tour to the Gisozi genocide memorial to take time and explore what actually happened in the 1994 horrific genocide that hit Rwanda. The skulls are aligned, writings and photos are displayed and presentations are made to take you through the entire experience. After this historical tour that may last 2 hours, you embark on the transfer to Kigali International Airport for the evening flight departure.

End of the 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari & Genocide tour – A perfect short Rwanda tour to track gorillas and tour the Gisozi genocide memorial

Getting There

Transport Means to Your Safari Destinations

One of the best known 4×4 WD that you can use for your safari in Uganda’s Parks and Rural countryside.Our car hire is based on limited mileage and applies to travel within Uganda.( Terms and conditions apply. Read More

Looking for 4X4 Safari Vans for hire in Uganda, Prime Uganda Safaris is available to your service. We have customized safari vans that have 4 wheel drive and have demonstrated the capacity to access distant Uganda Safari destinations and across borders such as Rwanda. Read More

We have minivans for hire to groups of eight up to twelve. Make sure to find the class to suit your large group.In this Category, we have 4X 4 Safari Mini bus with capacity ranging from 6 seater to 14 seater and they’ve got a pop up roof for game viewing purposes. These have got diesel powered engines and come with a driver guide but excluding fuel.( Terms and conditions apply). Read More

Gorilla Valley lodge is a midrange / standard accommodation establishment that is located in Rushaga region in the south of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

More lodging options in Murchison falls

Bwana Tembo Safari Camp is a midrange / standard accommodation establishment owned and operated by an Italian family that came to Uganda in the year 1986. Bwana Tembo Safari Camp is positioned at 10km from the Tangi gate to the north of Murchison Falls National Park.

More lodging options in Murchison falls

Bwana Tembo Safari Camp is a midrange / standard accommodation establishment owned and operated by an Italian family that came to Uganda in the year 1986. Bwana Tembo Safari Camp is positioned at 10km from the Tangi gate to the north of Murchison Falls National Park.

Budongo Eco Lodge is a midrange/ standard accommodation in the Kaniyo Pabidi forest an extension of Budongo Central Forest Reserve accessed through the Kichumbayobo gate in the south of Murchison Falls National Park.

Budongo Eco Lodge also has provision for the budget rooms that caters for the low cost travellers on safaris in Uganda.

Papaya Lake Lodge is positioned at 350km from Kampala the Uganda’s Capital City on the boundary of Kibale National Park in the Ndali Kasenda Crater Field. The region in which it is located features twenty (20) extinct volcanic crater fields that present a range of lakes coming with unique shapes, color and size. The Papaya Lake Lodge also overlooks the magical Rwenzori Mountains that is snowcapped.